In November, 2005, an article entitled "No train no gain" (Thorp, 2005) quietly appeared in "The Australian." In the closing paragraphs of the article, the President of the Australian Computer Society placed the blame for the falling number of students enrolling in IT courses at university on how IT is taught in our schools.…

The three parts of this paper present a review of how the states provide state aid formula adjustments for enrollment decline, findings of a survey of New Mexico superintendents regarding revision of the state's formula, and the implications of formula revision for the goals of school finance reform. First, it is noted that there is a trend toward…

A study was conducted to determine the causes contributing to the decline in occupational education enrollments and course offerings in Washoe County, Clark County, and Carson City School Districts in Nevada. Mailed or personally administered surveys were given to a sample of 1,454 high-school students from the school districts. Responses were…

Although Liverpool (England) has experienced a declining school population since 1961, it has not experienced declining educational costs. This is partly because reorganization of grade divisions, school construction as part of unemployment relief, and expansion of prenursery schools all created additional schools. Also, many problems are…

Analyzed is the development of marketing strategies at two major universities that have been successful in reversing enrollment declines that they experienced in the early 1970's. First, the organizational context of recruiting and admissions is examined, and the major phases of the admissions calendar are reviewed. Then the application of…

This study attempts to project school enrollment, by school building, through the 1980-81 school year for the Des Moines Independent Community School District. The study uses the cohort-survival method for estimating future enrollment based on the live births in the city since 1963 and school district enrollment since 1970. For purposes of…

A survey by the Los Angeles Times indicated that only 18% of the 64% of the Californians who voted for Proposition 13 did so with the hope that expenditures for education would be reduced. However, because financial support for both kindergarten through twelfth grades and community colleges have come largely from local sources, these two segments…

Enrollment decline places new pressures on school administrators and school boards, but Ontario's Commission on Declining Enrollments found no call for a complete reorganization of either the provincial governance system or the structure of the delivery system at the administrative level. This document describes those aspects of Ontario's school…

The purpose of this study was to research the effects of declining enrollments on instructional programs and supervisory practices. A review of the literature in part 1 indicates a lack of empirical studies of instructional program effects, compared to other areas of education. Part 2 discusses a survey of 320 school districts across the country…

The role of the university in providing leadership to a changing society is discussed. It is proposed that the university has a limited but important purpose of learning and teaching, scholarship and research, and that seeking to lead or change or improve the world should be done only within the setting of education. Although individuals can act…

Significant changes in various demographic patterns include a declining birth rate, regional shifts from the "Snow Belt" to the "Sun Belt" as well as a return to rural America, an increase in female labor force participation, a general change in family structure ("kids with kids," single parent families, unmarried couples, etc.), and changes in…

Two questionnaires were sent to all school boards and a sample of teachers in Ontario to assess how receptive boards and teachers are to job sharing as an alternative work pattern in schools affected by declining enrollment. The report gives the background of the concept of job sharing and an analysis of the benefits, work situations, and problems…

The Denver (Colorado) Board of Education has taken a number of steps to avoid closing schools. Among these are refiguring school capacities; providing full-time space for programs that do not always function full-time; providing additional private space for related services (psychological, social work, and nursing); expanding instructional…

This paper reviews the legal aspects of declining enrollments in school districts and the resultant problems of reducing the teaching staff. It suggests that school administrators and boards of education become familiar with their state tenure statutes or have access to competent legal counsel who specializes in that area of law, make decisions to…

In the past, educators have based their decisions on an assumption that schools would continue to grow in enrollment and resources. Educational literature too has focused on developmental and growth assumptions. Such assumptions may no longer be valid, as educational organizations are being confronted by problems of retrenchment and decline. This…